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Me And Bobby Mcgee Lyrics

Artist: Janis Joplin

ME & BOBBY MCGEEJanis Joplin- words and music by Kris Kristofferson- first popularized by Roger Miller in 1969 (#12 Country hit)- lyrics as recorded by Janis Joplin on the 1971 album "Pearl"(Columbia VCK-30322)

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a trainAnd I's feelin' near as faded as my jeansBobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rainedIt rode us all the way into New OrleansI pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanaI's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeahWindshield wipers slappin' time, I's holdin' Bobby's hand in mineWe sang every song that driver knew, yeah

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to loseNothin' don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free, no noAnd feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the bluesYou know, feelin' good was good enough for meGood enough for me and my Bobby McGee

From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sunThere Bobby shared the secrets of my soulThrough all kinds of weather, through everything we doneYeah, Bobby baby kept me from the coldOne day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip awayHe's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds itBut I'd trade all o' my tomorrows for one single yesterdayTo be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to loseNothin', that's all that Bobby left me, yeahBut if feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the bluesHey, feelin' good was good enough for me, mm-hmmGood enough for me and my Bobby McGee

Comments/Interpretations

by Kathy on 6/28/2008 11:14amI love this song...And, I look similar to Janis Joplin...my friends in high school used to call me Janis. I can also really belt this song out. It is one of my favorites! Kathy

by Jana on 7/16/2008 10:36amthe song is great!I also like how p!nk performs it...

by Delilah on 8/9/2008 5:41pmthis is my favourite Janis song (:

by Rita on 9/15/2008 1:25pmLove the lyric! Janis was something :,)

by Mern on 11/16/2008 9:21amI don't look like Janis and I can sing the song too, Kathaaaayy!

by Sf on 12/20/2008 6:02pmShe is AWESOME!!!!!!! and this song.. puffffffff ONE OF MY FAVOUTIES! I CAN TELL!!!!!!!

by gabriela on 12/27/2008 3:26amhello!!!! I am crazy about this song!!!!! I love janis, she is the best!!!! love you all...and I am naturaly high :-)

by Jenna on 1/21/2009 12:10ami grew up listening to this from my moms stuff and its always been my favorite song. i love to belt it out even i cant sound like her ;)

by Brenda on 3/5/2009 7:11pmPink performed this song and she seemed to alter it to the extent that it ruined it completely and made it an embarrassment. She couldn't even take the time to learn acoustic, it was all a joke. Pink is a horrible artist if you ask me and she needs to find a new hobby, or change her lifestyle and music too!!!

by jo on 5/14/2009 2:56amyeah, this is an awesome song.

by rona on 8/15/2009 10:31amwhite woman's body, black woman's voice. :)janis was an amazing vocalist, she died far too young.

by judi on 8/26/2009 11:57amI'm a grandma now, but I remember when I was a young mom and how I loved this song. Heard it a few days ago and it still has power - what a singer - what a loss.

by bad dad on 9/7/2009 9:39pmbest song she ever sang.

by libby on 9/18/2009 10:50pmMy kids love for me to sing them this song when they go to bed. They think I can belt it out like janis.

by lonnie carneal on 3/28/2010 11:12amCrystal bowersox on american idol makes me think of janice.there's just something about her.i thought of janice the first time i watched crystal perform.crystal tore me and bobby mcgee up.Hell of a job. know she will win. no doubt.

by Quietflip77 on 4/8/2010 9:29amI thot Crystal Bowersox nailed it, too. Terriffic vocal. And how about Simon Cowell's comment to Bowersox: "I love this song, and always thot Pink's was the best recent version I've heard, but yours was better than Pink's." I like that Kris K wrote it.

by charles on 4/15/2010 7:20pmlove to share a joint {nothing stronger} w/Janis-she is gravel and nasal with this one

by Sally Koile on 6/30/2010 12:58pm This is my favorite female singerof all time. I have always lovedher and her music, especially thealbum Pearl.

by Michael on 12/4/2010 8:50pmSingle greatest line in rock and roll history....."I would trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday"

by chris on 2/14/2011 3:52pmI named my son Bobby Magee:)

by Kasie on 4/20/2012 9:02amI love this song. I know I can't perform it like Janis Joplin, but I love to sing it and I am going to perform it with my boyfriend in December at my AFJROTC Military ball at my high school. "Feelin good was easy when he played the blues. Feelin good was good enough for me. Mhm. Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee." Life wouldn't be the same without this song.

by abbi on 4/20/2012 4:35pmI have always loved this song! it's really one of the CLASSICS.

by ask me later on 6/6/2012 4:15pmI'm 68 now... just reread the lyrics... don't really know why, but I started crying... maybe because all I've got now is the memory of yesterday... okay... that's not true... I've still got Janis to keep me company... that's good enough for me and more than I deserve...

by kaz on 7/3/2012 3:55amMAN!!!!!!!! how true is the chorus!!!!!!!!!!! FREEDOMS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHIN LEFT TO LOOSE. I LOVE THAT SHIT1 I WANT THAT ON MY GRAVE STONE HAHAHA

by Bill on 4/29/2013 1:28amGreat singer Janis Joplin!

by no one on 8/21/2014 4:27pmCheck out Gordon Lightfoot's version.

by tui on 5/15/2017 12:40amI love all of you and the days of us back then with Janice and Company was a gift from all the gods.